[news.software.nntp] nice in nntp

marco@ghost.unimi.it (Marco Negri) (04/05/91)

	I would like to know any opinion on adding a "nice" field
	in the nntpd configuration file.
	Ex.:

usenet.rpi.edu		xfer	no	nice=-1
itnsg1.cineca.it	xfer	no	nice=0
next1.unimi.it		read	post	nice=+5

	For my site this can be usefull.
	I can make this changes if other people like them.
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root@informatik.uni-ulm.de (Operator) (04/05/91)

In <1991Apr05.103214.11915@ghost.unimi.it> marco@ghost.unimi.it (Marco Negri) writes:

>	I would like to know any opinion on adding a "nice" field
>	in the nntpd configuration file.
>	Ex.:

>usenet.rpi.edu		xfer	no	nice=-1
>itnsg1.cineca.it	xfer	no	nice=0
>next1.unimi.it		read	post	nice=+5

>	For my site this can be usefull.
>	I can make this changes if other people like them.

yes, that would be nice. But it should then become a part of the official
code so we can easy upgrade.
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news- Admin.
          University of Ulm, Germany

leres@ace.ee.lbl.gov (Craig Leres) (04/10/91)

Marco Negri writes:
>       I would like to know any opinion on adding a "nice" field
>       in the nntpd configuration file.
>       Ex.:
>
> usenet.rpi.edu                xfer    no      nice=-1
> itnsg1.cineca.it      xfer    no      nice=0
> next1.unimi.it                read    post    nice=+5

I've done something similar but my code discriminates based on netnews
activity, not hostname:

    0 - Peer transfers
    4 - article expiration
    8 - article unbatching
    12 - article reading

I decided right off the bat to avoid negative priorities; I figure you
don't want anything getting in the way of logging in to fix problems.

		Craig